Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Unemployment up in April

May 07, 2001

Employment declined in April, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.5 percent.

Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, May 1998-April 2001
[Chart data—TXT]

The number of unemployed persons rose by more than 300,000 in April to 6.4 million and has increased by about 870,000 since October. The unemployment rate increased from 4.3 to 4.5 percent in April and has risen by 0.6 percentage point since October.

Payroll employment fell by 223,000, following a decline of 53,000 (as revised) in March. In April, large job losses continued in manufacturing and in help supply services, and construction employment declined after seasonal adjustment.

These data are products of the Current Population Survey and the Current Employment Statistics program. Read more in "The Employment Situation: April 2001," news release USDL 01-122.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment up in April at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/may/wk1/art01.htm (visited December 14, 2024).

OF INTEREST
spotlight
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics


triangle